Zimbabwe will meet the Black Caps at Bloemfontein on Saturday.
In the wake of Zimbabwe's progression, Nasser Hussain announced he was quitting as captain of the England one-day squad but wanted to remain skipper of the test squad.
``I am 35 this month and there must be people out there who can average more than 30 and get a strike rate above 67,'' he told a news conference at Port Elizabeth.
Hussain said nobody should presume that England would have won in Harare.
Fielding blame
``They've got some very gutsy players, there's no saying how it would have turned out,'' he said.
Chairman of selectors David Graveney refused to blame England's Harare boycott for the early exit.
``The bottom line is we had the opportunity to beat Australia and if we had we would have qualified,'' Graveney said. ``It's obviously got to be a disappointment not to qualify but I wouldn't say it is a failure.
``I think we played some good cricket, gave Australia a good run for their money, beat Pakistan ... but that doesn't take away from the disappointment of not getting through.''
The Australians edged England by two wickets with two balls to spare last Sunday to finish the group stage undefeated. South Africa went within a run of reaching the second round before its last league match against Sri Lanka ended in a tie on modified totals.
A miscalculation of the run-rate required cost Shaun Pollock's South Africans, with Mark Boucher opting against a single after smash a six to lift his side to 229 for six after 45 overs -- the figure he believed was good enough to win the rain-reduced match.
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